be (as) clean as a whistle
be (as) clean as a whistle
1. To be neat and tidy in appearance. This house needs to be as clean as a whistle before my mother-in-law gets here.
2. To be well-behaved and not involved in illegal or questionable activities. You can trust George, he's a good kid—as clean as a whistle. I don't have a criminal record, I'm clean as a whistle.
See also: clean, whistle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- (as) clean as a whistle
- clean as a whistle
- (as) neat as a pin
- neat
- neat as a pin
- poor but clean
- clean up
- in the hope that
- neat as a new pin
- clean as a new pin